Ben Affleck Goes to Iran

Heat Vision is reporting that Ben Affleck is in talks to direct Argo, a true story about the Tehran hostage crisis from way back before most of you were born.

An adaptation of a Wired article titled "How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran," the film will detail the story of six U.S. diplomats who, well, used a fake sci-fi flick to escape from Tehran during the 1979 incident.

"The CIA used a disguise expert and concocted a scenario that involved the six being a Hollywood crew scouting a movie titled Argo," explains Heat Vision. "Under those disguises, they were able to flee the country."

Apparently, famed comic-book artist Jack Kirby's designs and drawings were used to sell the movie as a reality to the Iranians.

George Clooney and Grant Heslov are producing the film, which is described as a thriller with "wry humor."